mouth

• Körperöffnung im Gesicht von Menschen und Tieren, durch die Nahrung aufgenommen, Laute gebildet und geatmet werden; auch die Höhle dahinter mit Zähnen und Zunge sowie eine Öffnung oder Mündung, z. B. eines Flusses oder Tals.

A noun referring to the opening in the face through which humans and animals eat, speak, and breathe, or the cavity inside containing the teeth and tongue.

1. Body partA1formal

   The opening in the face used for speaking, eating, and breathing.

   Mund

   • Open your mouth wide for the dentist.
   • She covered her mouth when she yawned.
   • The baby put everything in his mouth.

   Synonymegobmaworal cavitytrapyap

2. Opening or entranceB1formal

   The opening of a container, cave, river, or similar structure.

   Mündung

   • The mouth of the bottle was broken.
   • We stood at the mouth of the cave.
   • The river flows into the sea at its mouth.

   Synonymeapertureentranceestuaryexitgatewayinletopeningorificeoutlet

3. Speech or expressionB2informal

   The way someone speaks or expresses opinions.

   Sprache oder Ausdruck

   • He has a big mouth and talks too much.
   • Watch your mouth when you speak to your teacher.
   • She put her foot in her mouth by saying the wrong thing.

   Synonymearticulationexpressionspeechutterancevoice

   Antonymemutenesssilence

• Verb, das die Bildung von Wörtern mit den Lippen ohne hörbaren Ton bezeichnet oder auch ein affektiertes, unaufrichtiges Reden.

A verb used to indicate the act of forming words with the lips without making sounds, or speaking in a pompous or insincere manner.

1. Speak without soundB1informal

   To form words with the lips without making any sound.

   Lautlos mit den Lippen sprechen

   • She mouthed the words to the song.
   • He mouthed 'I love you' across the room.
   • The students mouthed the answers during the exam.

   Antonymescreamshoutspeakutteryell

2. Say or repeatC1formal

   To say something in a pompous or insincere way.

   Dahinsagen

   • He mouthed empty promises to the crowd.
   • Politicians often mouth platitudes without conviction.
   • She mouthed the official line without believing it.

   Synonymedeclaimintoneorateparrotspout

Phrasal-Variantenmouth off